Cabinet ironing board



CABINET IRONING BOARD Filed Nov. 10 1921 Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED sieri-:.5v

CHRISTIAN' wILnnIoK,

0F DES MOINES, IOWA.

" CABINET InoNING BOARD.

Application filed November member, whereby a great portion ot theironing board is entirely independent ot any support, so as to make iteasily used when ironing dresses or othersuch arti-cles, which areordinarily slipped over the end ot the ironing board.

Still a further object is to provide a yoke device, which is pivotallymounted, and which yoke device jhas the ironing board pivotallysecuredthereto, so that the ironing board may be moved pivotally relative tothe yoke and the yoke device and ironing board may be pivotally movedtogether.

Still a further object is to arrange vthe parts so that when the ironingboard isV moved toinoperative position, that is yin a vertical position,it will be received in a cabinet and remain inits vertical position orinoperativeposition without thev aid otA any catch devices.

lilith these and other'objects in view, my inventionconsists vintheconstruction, arrangement and combination ot the variousparts ot mydevice, whereby the objects conteniplatedare attained, as hereinaftermore tully set i'orth, pointed out.l in my claim and illustrated in theaccompanying. drawings, inwhich: n

Figure 1 is a perspective view ota cabinetrwith my improved ironingboard shown in operative position.

Figure 2is a sectionalviewtaken on the line 2-2 ot Figure 1showing thearrangement oit the cabinet relative to the wall of a building. i i i'Figure 3 is a central, vertical, sectional vie f aken on the line B-S'otFigure 2.

Figure 4f is a sectional view taken through the cabinet, which receivesthe ironing board member2 the ironing board member being shown 1ninoperative position; and

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Figure 5 is a front elevation ot the ironing board, parts being brokenaway to better illustrate the construction.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to,indicate generally a casing, which includes a pair ot sides and a back11. A hinged door me1nber 12 is secured to the-casing 10 and coinpletesit. The casing 10 maybe set in the wall 13 ot' a building.

In order to support an'ironin-g board member, I provide a cross bar 14within the casing 10. v The sidesof the casing .10 are provided withrecesses 15, which receive the ends ot the cross bar 111;I The cross bar1e may also be securedvto the casing by the use of screws 16. However,the main support ot the cross bar'14 is the sides ot the casing 10.

The cross bar 14 is provided with a longitudinal groove 17 in its underside and with `Aan inclined surface 18, as clearly il lustrated invFigures 3 and 41. ot the drawings. rIhe purpose of the groove 17 willhereafter more fully be set forth.

Secured to the sides of the casing 10 areV a'pair ot short angle bars19, which have one ot their sides extended back ot' the sides of thecasing 10. The angle bars are also secured to the sides ot' the casing10 by means ot the screws 20.

, .Pivotally mounted within openings vformed in the angle bars 1s ayoke` device A.- vThe yoke device A consists ot' a pair ct' arms 21connected together at their outer ends by a cross piece The upper endsof the arms 21 bent atright angles and outwardly trom the arms 21. so asto form rtrunnions 23, which are vreceived. in the ang-le bars 19. I

It will be seen that the yoke device A pivotally mounted.` Secured `tothe cross piece 22 and resting thereon is' an ironing board member 24.The ironing .board member-24 has its outer end slightly taperedasclearly shown in Figure 1,. rIhe ironing board memberI 24 is of thesize'and shape otl an ordinary ironing board.

Placed on the under side ot' the ironing board member 24 and securedthereto is a thin slat 25, which is provided with a groove 26 runninglengthwise ot the slat. The groove 26 is designed to receive the crosspiece 22 of the yoke device A.

From the construction ot the partsrjust described, it will be seen thatwhen the slat is secured to the ironing board ineinber it rests over thecross piece 22, so as to pivotally connect the ironing board memberrelative to the yoke device. This is clearly illustrated in Figure 2 ofthe drawings.

A pair of short angle bars 27 have the cross piece 22 of the -yokedevice A eX- tended therethrough. The pair of angle bars 2T rest againstthe side of the ironing board member 211 and also receive the enos ofthe slat The angle bars 2'? being se cured to the ironing board member24 to the slat and also receiving the yoke device iti-forni a very rigidconstruction.

In order to support the ironing board when it is in its horizontal oroperative position and to retain it in that position, it is necessaryfor the inner end of the ironing board member 24 to rest against theunder side of the cross bar 14. I provi-de a strip 28, which is a shapein cross section of the groove 17 in the cross bar 14. when the ironingboard member is swung to its operative position, the strip 28 isreceived in the groove 17. This prevents any further pivotal movement ofthe ironing board relative to the yoke device A.

The arms 21 of the yoke device then snpport the ironing board member2li.

It will be understood that any weight applied to the ironing board isalways applied to the upper' surface thereof and near the outer end, sothat the cross piece 22 of the yoke device forms a fixed pivotal pointupon which the ironing board may swing. However, the cross bar llilimits the pivotal movement and therefore retains the ironing board inits proper operative position.

The end of the ironing board and strip 28 are slightly beveled so as toconform to the beveled surface 18 of the cross bar 14.

I provide a pair of guide strips 29 which are fixed to the. back side 11of the casing near the lower ends thereof. The upper portions of theguide strips 29 are beveled as at 30. When the ironing board is in itsvertical or ino )erative position, the strip 28 rests against the guidestrips 29, due Vto the fact that the ironing` board is then suspendedand supported only by the yoke device A.

The parts when in their inoperative position will remain in thatposition without the assistance of any catch devices or the like.

It will be seen that in order to lower the ironing board to operativeposition, it is necessary to only pull the ironing board towards you.The ironing board may then be swung upon the yoke device as its pivot.

It may properly loe said that the ironing board swings u-pon two pivots.It first swingsV upon the yoke device as one pivot, while the yokedevice and the ironing board swings upon the pivot point of the yokedevice, which is in the angle bars 19.

It will be seen that I have provided a mounting for an ironing board,which iin-- gages the ironing board at one end thereof, so that a greatportion of the ironing lboard is free from any supports, whereby it canmore easily be used for the ironing of a great many articles.

It will also be seen that I have provided an ironing board, which may befolded, and which when folded will occupy a minimum amount of space, dueto the fact that thm-e are `no legs or other supports, which engage thefloor, connected with the ironinggj board.

Some changes may be made in an rangement and construction of the variousparts of my device, without departing from the essential features andpurposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim,any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, whichmay be reasonably included within its scope.

I claim as my invention:

In anironing board, a frame, a cross bar on the frame having a groove inits under surface, an ironing board, a yoke having a portion pivotallymounted under the ironing board, a cleat secured to the end of theironing board on its upper surface and adapted to be received in thecross har groove, the ends of the yokedevice being pivoted to the frameat a point substantially above the cross bar,'whereby the yoke may serveas a suspending brace when the ironing board is in horizontal position,and whereby the ironing board may be swung around the yoke and the yokeswung downwardly with relation to the frame, to bringthe parts intoposition where the ironing board will be suspended by the yoke invertical position and a pair of guide members adapted to coact with thecleat for holding the lower end of the ironing board away from the backof the frame, the upper ends of the guide members having taperedsurfaces ending flush with the rear face of the cross bar slot forguiding the cleat into the slot.

Des Moines, Iowa, November 7, 1921.

CHRISTIAN WILDRICK.

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